> > > or: dedicate /dev/ttyc? to console ttys, thus releasing 'v' for pty use.
> >
> > That would require some logic in X servers to detect whether it should use
> > /dev/ttyc* or /dev/ttyv* .
> > FYI, telnetd now uses openpty(), so the change would be easier than before.
>
> Before I say something I might regret, would someone please explain to me why
> the X servers need to special-case on the names of the console terminals, as
> opposed to just ioctl'ing the thing to see if it is a pcvt device or not?
This is needed in order to find the device filename of free virtual screen from
a screen number. Such change is already present for OpenBSD:
#ifndef __OpenBSD__
vtprefix = "/dev/ttyv";
#else
vtprefix = "/dev/ttyC";
#endif
I would prefer to have some logic to detect /dev/ttyC* vs. /dev/ttyv*,
like following (for wscons):
fd = open(PCVT_CONSOLE_DEV, PCVT_CONSOLE_MODE, 0);
#ifdef WSCONS_PCVT_COMPAT_CONSOLE_DEV
if (fd < 0)
{
fd = open(WSCONS_PCVT_COMPAT_CONSOLE_DEV, PCVT_CONSOLE_MODE, 0);
vtprefix = "/dev/ttyE";
}
#endif
Code snippets are from
xsrc/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/bsd/bsd_init.c
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